It should have been a runaway success off the back of Nigella Lawson's high-profile court appearance – but thanks to a dodgy format, manic co-hosts and boring contestants, The Taste has been nowhere near the hit that Channel 4 must have expected

A decade after his explosive memoir, Kitchen Confidential, laid bare the underbelly of the restaurant scene, the celebrated chef and food writer Anthony Bourdain is back for a second helping. But now he has hung up his apron, has he any plans to stop being a "loud, egotistical, one-note asshole"?